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Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-04-20

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-04-20 page 1

Wooster Dail Republican OUR WISE SERVICE G1ts you today tn umt & that pprt la tomorrow sftralsf'i paptrt. The Weather Rain and warmer tonight and Sunday. VoL XXXI, No. 271 WOOSTEI, OHIO SATURD APR. 20, 1918. Price 2c. By Carrier 10c ft Wee i J TUII DRIVE CHECIED; ED H A BRITISH END BRIEF BATTLE LULL BY LAUNCHING SHARP ATTACKS IN GIVENCHY SECTOR; GET PRISONERS,; Indications Have Developed, However, That Teutons Will Soon Extend Flanders Battle to Northern End of Belgian Line. Tarls. April 20 The Germans 1 made a surprise attack against the French In the sector of Hansard during the night, but were driven off, leaving some prisoners, including one officer In the hands of the French the war office announced today. Havv artillery duels are taking place on the southern side of the Picardy salient betwen Lassigny and Njyon. French raids elsewhere a-lout; the front were successfully carried out. Many of these raids were nude by the French, especially in the sector east and Nortii east of Rhelms and Juvraln court and I ho lit Ights of t!vj Mouse. Several efforts of th f ncmy west of Mlnpel were repulsed. In the Woevre sector of Gorman? tried unsuccessfully 10 penetrate the French trenches. American troops are holding pari of th,"ertors tn the Heights of tho Miuse and on Woevre plain. Ivondon, April 20. llilllsh infantry broke the brief lull on the Flanders battle front la.st night by delivering a serie of successful attacks in the (lvenchy-Festubert sector which drove the Germans from Nome of their advanced positions, the war office reported today. (Givenchy is Immediately north of LaBaAsee canal, two miles wft of the town of LfUassee. Fostuliert Is about a mile north by west of (aiven-chy.)The fighting spread southward to th SrAre river zone where the Ilrlllsh were bUtceosful in minor enterprises.(ierman counter attacks were repulsed.(The Searpe river lies east of Arras.)The British liaes in the (Jltcnchj-Festubert district have beentorn-let-ly restored, the flermaos losing all the ground they hnd captured on April 18. A few Gefman prisoners were cop-tured south of the Hcarpe. A breathing space had settled down in both the Flanders and Fi-cardy battles on the western front. The German artillery bombardment on the Flanders front was centered north of Merville. near the tip of the Iij'S salient, where the Drltlsh positions were heavily shelled. The British artillery was active against troops and transports moving behind the German lines and severe damage was Inflicted. On the Picardy front the German guns bombarded heavily the French positions around Castel and Crives- nes. (It was In the Castel sector that the French made their big gains on Thursday, advancing to the edge of the village.) The German war office stated last night that the situation was unchanged and that the French had uot renewed their Infantry assaults. In the lull both sides have been busy consolidating their positions, regrouping their forces and moving their artillery to strategic positious nearer the front. Further indications have developed that the Flanders battle will be extended to the northern end of the Delgian line German Datrols have become active In that district and the Ger man war office claimed the capture of some Belgian prisoners in local nnemtions. All accounts received from the front today dwelt upon the staggering losses that the Germans have suffered in Ibe fightlnu all along the line. At some points the field was so full of corpses that the living men bad difficulty In getting vorcr the dead. The artillery and machine cun Are of the British has proved the most effective of the war.j Invariably, the German troops' have been sent forward in dense for mation, offering the Dest possiuie target to the British gunners. Throughout Friday, the weather on both the Picardy and Flanders battlefields has been very bad and posslblv has bad something to do with the cessation of infantry fighting.Thnre was a th cK fog which mam- obsenation bad. but the guns were L.nt .ninr aralnat rvelstered targets nlv few airmen were up as a rrui!t of the low visibility. Today, tic Slst ct tlie Ceriaaa of - fensive, and the 11th of the Flanders battle, found the German army close to complete exhaustion. The Teutons have been fought to a standstill at every point, but Gen. Foch still withholds his generalcounter-offensive, evidently waiting until the Germans are completely demoralized by the failure of their efforts. The allied forces are growing in strength daily and their morale is high. The spirit of confidence has been strengthened by the announcement that veteran Italian 'troops will soon bo upon the western front. The Germans have not yet exhausted their reserves. This Is shown by the fact that fresh troops are Identified in almost every action of any consequence. Just where the Germans will strike next is uncertain, but opinion I in military circles is that the blowj will fall either In the region east of Rethune or else in the sector of Kenimel ridge, in Belgium. (Kcmmel lies opposite the southern end of Messines ridge. I The German attacks are gradually losing their force and the second phase of the grand offensive is ending with the allies the strategic masters. WILSON'S HAND BADLY BURNED IN TRENCH TANK Washington. April 20. President Wilson's left hand was burnel to the bone when ho grasped a hot muffler pipe while riding in the llritish tank llrlttatiia yesterday, il was slated loday by his personal physician. Hear Admiral Carey T. Grayson. Dr. Grayson said no complications had developed and the injured member is doing as well as can he expected, but that it will be n inontl. before the pres:t!ont leguins the use of it. MUSTWINWAR FIRST- MARSHALL "No Man is Dead Who Gives Life For Great Cause," he Declares. Co'ninbtis. Apr 20 ' I am not Interested now in peace or terms of pcar: w must win tln war." declared Thomas I!. Marshall, vice president of the I'nited Slates iti n Liberty loan address here last night -- the only public address Hie vice president has made during the third Liberty loan campaign. "No man is dead who has given his life for creat cause" Mr. Marshall said. "When our boys are not present any more at roll call, the answer will bt that th"y are not dead but absent in th, discharge of duty". Speaking of the American forces, Mr, Marshall said: "No army on earth has ever ban the eare. supplies and attention tuat OITS has." Mayor George Karb. of Columbus, who presided at the Liberty loan meeting at which the bono- hag for Columbus was raised, this city bavin subscribed more than 2.".,000 over its criota. told the rolh.wjiig incident ff German butchery: ".n Indiana girl receive! a letter and hi watch from her soldier sweetheart who had been taken prisoner to- the Hun. The letter said he received splendid treatment, wa well fed and satisfied. Th'- watch vuu'd'i't run On examination a close'y written note was found in the ovk. It said the Huns bad ('ietated letter and made him snd It. that tliev had cm off his nose and (aru and that be expecud to die in c'few iliys." AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER, SEVERAL DIE Pbiladelnhia. April 20. S-vora' persons, including oik woman, a Itelioved hv the noliee to have been ml early today when . -Homo bile, going at a high rate of i-peed plunged through the ej., rt r'e of an open drawbridce. at Gr-.y's Ferry (roa4 Into the Schnyikiu nvcr. FALLING OH' lUUIKii: w.xsvi i;n(U an Falling off a bridge was not sufficient punishment so. 'Three Dollars and Costs,' was imposed upon Karl Kunty, charged with "endeavoring to carry too heavy a load of blues dispenser," by the Franklin police court judge. Luckily for Kuntz, who is a laborer, he hit shallow water when he fell from the .siftpen-sion bridge over the Miami river at Franklin. When picked up he was unable to walk Full use of his tongue was in evidence, however, when he was brought before the judge. GIVE PRESIDENT MORE AUTHORITY Chairman Hurley, of Shipping Board, Would Make Control Absolute. Washington, April 2n. ---President Wilson must have absolute power tit conscript the shipping resources of the Uuited Slates. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board, made this .statement in explanation of two sweeping amendments to the shipping act which the Senate commerce committee has before it for consideration today. Vnder existing laws there is no authority for the United States to requisition American ships In foreign ports. Chairman Hurley declared that up to the present time this caused no trouble because ship owners have been patriotic in their! desire to place their property at the disposal of the government. He states that additional power. la nec essary, However, tor me cxcupnuimi cases!" Penalty of a fine and im-nrisonment is proposed for those who violate u .requisition order. 'Another serious defect m the ex isting law is that in all protiatiiiiiv . it permits only the requisitioning the bare physical possession of of the "II shin." Chairman Hurley Mateo. does not authorize requisitioning the .,.., i,...u ,f (h sh'in owners organi- it Is rut mi mo crew, in pi.u wir almost necessary to no me. who. The legislation proposed does not. of course, coniempiaie wiim,...i of crews. It preserves the principle that civilian labor mu: t be military labor." LOCKS AND CANDY ARE LACKING AT THE FRONT With the Ameilcan Army in France, April 20.- mere is a i..m- na-of both clocVs and candy at up front and American and I' rencn so, dirn would appreciate Homi as clfts The candy' shortage Is chronic m th- American sectors. ions are periodical received at Hi" " teens, but arc invariably gobbled up m loss than two days. asmu-hocolates and lemon drops are the most popular varieties. BLIND GIRL LEADS MANY TOTS TO SAFETY New York. April 2' Vw.l.eie-I by smoke from a lire winm hi the base lit of the lllind ISaby' .Sunshine home in l.'of.Mvn. rly today. Kosa Cohen, nin ' herself blind, led fill : -a year .oh', sightless tots to safety. The ranging between five blind gtris. ri 11(1 twelve years of age, wei e ;r.i keued an i led from the buildinn bef.ire ;itfeiid nuts knew of the fire SAYS KAISER S BADLY FOILED S-iuantiim. Mhss . April 20 'The IMC'-ltest d'sappointment of tb" k.li-cr in Lcrlin has not been In the f i or,. , f the l'-boat Aarlare to Hi;nr l',f r.llie. but in III" fKllinp d'H,: i,f th well fd;-nned nrn!i;r-:i n i I' fauient a social revolution in Anierl-.... moo ntary ot tbe Navy H.ui-bds in an address today after visit-irg tbe big ship vnrd here nliTi-tl.e ""vern"int . tbronsh the (nirae l-tion of the Kore Jtiver Shipbuilding Company, is oiistnictin the largest plant In th" world for biubj-In? destroyers. Hamilton Tn" Cutler -ounty fa'r bc.'ard has announced all prcm-ltini at this year's xhihitlon. will b paid ia war savings aud thrift t 7 -ITALIAN LII SEESFIGHllNG started Again London." April 'JO, J - as the announcement was made; tiiat Italian troops would bo sent to j(he western front, lighting activity N'gan to increase on the Italian fn fit. Advices from Komerttjday staled tint there were patrol fci punters in the Asii'go basin and on ihe height. around the siago plate it. hritish detachment tl it arc operating with the Italians, 1 jllicted considerable losses upoUt':jiAustr-o-llungarians. ; I Klsewhcre along the I Jio artillery duels siiraag up. i The Austrian war office described ihe tighting on the Italiin front us "lively." IAD KILLS ANOTII WHO TOOK ! R ARBLES .Jersey City, N. J. Apr! 211. "He slide two marbles from lie so I shot, and killed him," saiOijpe-yeur-nhl Frank Muchelowski todfy in explaining to the police tho murder of four-year-old Edward Cl ro.dii. POLES STILL IN THE WAR I ) END They are Fighting, German Poland, Teutons. JEven in - Against Washington, April 20 i-The l'oles are still waging bitter ar against Mm Germans. Not only I the fighting contlniunsJaJul,lIu.tlje occupied portion of Poland, but Is going on even wihtin German Po land according to olliclal advices of lie Polish in formation bureau from Laussiiiie ami from other centers Today's advices show anti-German demonstrations are taking place jn I'o'Oi, chief eity of German 1'olnad and that they lire Increasing in force and vi'or not only in that city but 'elsewhere through out the country. Weslervillc Kov Ibe tenth time Louis W. Watson has been elcied superintendent of the Wes(ervill' ,'CilOOls. " L'a,st Liverpool A. Jay Miller, liCiii-ii'iit.nne attorney, lias anneiuic-ed he will be n candidate for repub lican nomination for attorney gen eral of Ohio. JUST KILLED TWELVE BOCHES, HE EXPLAINS Mam. Held. O., Apiil 2 it.--" J w t killed twelve Codies,' wa;i the reph from a I'.iitish 'roinniy, when asked bow he cot Ihe (lei man helmet which be bronchi iul" camp," wrote Corporal 10. 10. M.i 'a, from "Some where in 1'ianee," in a leler jus' received by Fred W. Nein, of Illicit v. "Wo wauled to know why be killed that number," ooni iuued -Coi poral Massa. " 'Well.' he answered. 'I couldn't lilld one Ibat lit." "I have seen No Man's Land and it is-a noor and unhealthy place to be, but we t just th sa uie, Ml- said. "You know a tanthow spreads ai! over. Well, that's u -' i'i name and in reality tCorpoial M.tssa Is a mem b"i of tbe Itninbovv d'.vision.i The Crendi say their gre..t-t trouble v holding us back, lielievn me, old l-'iit:; makes thing- ii.;ipv once in a while with his Nellies.' It's wickeu stuff and be ddigbts m insisting iii on her introdiir lion I sold (tut ino.e than one and hi'f ' d for a d ii. out. especially when the pieces slatted dropping all aioind "And then about 2 a "u,. wh'n a sentry slides in voiir dugout ami in forms you of good ne-vs -. to put oil your false fate- iras masks - thai old C.ill is diluting the air; that's line business. "1 saw some lively air battles be twern the French and Hoche. The weather over hen- L great." NEWARK GOES OVER IN LIBERTY BOND SALES Newark. ().. April 25. Newark cud Lbking county went "over th' t.jp on Iblerty bond Rai"n with alout $S.Ort tn spit abov the f.'inta of $977, .". 'f !i . amount re-M)rt'd was $ 1 .2 l.M'i, with fevtr-al to-'Ufeh!pt. to Utar troai. GHASTLY MURDERS DONE I BY MOTHER OF FOUR St Louis, Mo, Apt. 2d -Lindini,' or four small children with pieces of i clothesline and st lifting their mouths with cotton, Mrs. Catherine Finley of this city, killed two of them and -criously wounded the other tw.i and th'Oi made an unsuccessful at-I tempi in strangle herself. Sin used heV a butcbei knife and hatchet in ubastly work, .hacking the children's brails with the weapon. The trau-l edv was discover 'd when her hUK - band returned home from work. HALF OF THIRD LIBERTY LOAN IS SUBSCRIBED Washington, 'April 20 Practically half of the. minimum Uol:i of the third Liberty loan has been hiiIi-scidbed according to the official to-t; Is made public by the treasury department today. The amounts secured bv the initial payment of 5 per cent is $1,238,098,950. In ad-ditien to iliiij amount several mil-li:m:: hi pledges have notbecn.-n.-cliuled in the totals SAYS itm;i I (lit A I- STARTS LOVi: I II I ; OTIILK WOMAN Cincinnati. O., April 2u. That a funeral was the starting point tor love with "the oilier woman" is the claim set up by Mrs. Laura Weaver, of this city, in support of her re-(iie.d that the court legally separate her from her husband, Chester Weaver, a railroad inspector. It was during this particular funeral that Weaver became Infatuated with a Covington,- Ky., woman, according to Mrs. Weaver, The Weavers were divorced once, but remarried, she said. NEW DRIVE STARTED " UPON DISLOYALISTS Cbic'ifo. April 2" Another drive on di .'oy ilists in the middle West, resulted m the following gains for the loyalists today: ,M Celiinsville, Okla., Henry 1,'lu l'iier i;: going to be given a trial bv tbe county council of defense toil, iv on charges of didnvalty. Last iiit:hl a mob of men handed lihcimcr, but he was cut down mi pbsis of the poli'-e. I f h 1 1 j i r was unconscious. lierause he said lie wanted to war In end in ;i di ivv ami lhcrcoro reined to buy l.lbeily bonds, Theodore I'ape, of (luiney, 111., a leading attorney, was accusi d of ili' loyally - , ui' nd' red to the police. II" was haino'd in eth'.'v. t lincolti, Neb, the dismissal of Ittn a!l,i;'cl dl'.-loyal plofisrol's l:i i. -iiMi'ded nl the board ol rvv.i nts of Ibe UIOV I "i'.v of ".'e,ra-ka by the rial.- eoiilu-ll d d'-l'-p- e. 1 1 del I in n lh" pndi ; ot;; v,( li toil"' d. II n-not MAY CARRY SOLDIERS AT VERY LOW FARES v. 1 1 1 . l " 1 1 , pi 1 1 would I .:i .h-i- a t'ii'1 I ran pui ted t e , and 1 1 ee, hi the t ,i e of 1 "k II": ; ,il bnlue, i f V. it ll ii mi' t a bill int rod u d la Ihi- afternoon by ll'iue-I jiu t s'iu of i b i I ' 'id l ie I hi- CARRANZA IS URGED TO JOIN THE ENTENTE fsm Antonio, Texas, April 2o - A ; -1 .1 I'.l Cr-sl'b-i.l ,.h lulu-' il Willi te-- ill to'''iv in I'll ai I h I" : . M' Mi'it a ll'w- pa per, idi-i'i'l aio'ig '!i b'-t li lt t .in a li"-. I.'. felb-t I - a t in i 1 lit I. .V'-.V'o is l.i'ing a tiagb' motiietit condonini; (ierman pt'opag-tnda II.- HI 'v iit some acii'in Is not mi-ly taken, war Hli America nil and MtXi'o will become m d.ai ulll atn'M'cr marlyrtd llelKiuie, t lit. v as it is understood in II- xi:o no ens 'pi o-Oermatii in ' "In event of war Meviio hs noth-i'ic to expect from Leriiu it y, but aiiriHiiciit wi'h Am1 ria will niean t.ioiicy. aims, mnnitjons, adive co-opcr.iLon of th" I'nited Staf s and night be the difference between M'xoo's solvation hihI lor destruction " l-l Defrnsa is puitlished by T. II Imltrati,' until recently consulg-oi-eral hero for the Carratuagovernment, SENATE COMMITTEE IS VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED AFTER CONFERENCE HELD WITH WAR COUNCIL TODAY Washington, April has been effectually stopped, and the tide of the greatest battle in the history of the world has il - vnrm inemwl ivn-w-il--iin:i rtf LU IUI llu' vi. lairs committee declared this atternoon, alter their weekly conference with the war council. Members of the committee manifested a feeling of vast encouragement this afternoon over the whole war situation. Their attitude was in great contrast with that of last week, when they returned from their conference with the war council, greatly depressed. ....... ....... , i.-n.i".a"imJLiirmnnAA "FIRING SQUAD FOR SPIES" BILL HAS HARD PATH AHEAD IN SENATE "WE'LL KNOCK 'EM OUT" IS LUDENDORFF BOAST London, April 20. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily lOxpress tells of a recent, trip the kaiser made to the western front with Von llln-denburg and Von l,ude.inlorff in the course of which the latter exclaimed:"Wo nhnll knock them out." The story is based upon an uccount telegraphed by Karl ltosner, a German war correspondent, to the Lokal An-zolgor. " ' - - IRISH OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION London, April 20. At a conference of certain Irish leaders in Dublin, it was decided to make a general protest against. Irish conscript ion, said it dispatch from that city loday. Lord Mavor O'Neill, of Dublin, was chosen to go to Washington and present a copy of the Iri. h leaders' case again:;! Ilomi rule to Preside;"! Wit-sou. There will be another meeting on Tuesdav, the dispatch added. IF WIVES FO'RGET THEM PAYMENT IS TO STOP I'.V r. II. Camp Sherman. Soldiers who: e v.wi when they go to wa Ulllli (l., April forget them I will he able to w ) l i, top pavimiit ol men It with I ill lint d"l is Hi d by vnluiilaiv allot l i d l.i n , uiiib'i a n div rsion beadiuar- tors. The nrd'-r wa-; I In I " u it of ai l i v i w ho man icd $ I a month I nf lil'e illg VV oil 1 11 t he soldiel s just to get f I out Ihelil i ml anot her I " or ? . I ! nm their in th the I in e Sam. and then till tied lllelilioll to oilier lllell. Hot diafl. I'nder II bl nil': . li t nt didn't rlop until a ili-Mis i eeuii ll. and the soldiel s have the time or money to vol ce didn't a legal separation I Which l aloe to the at n r idti ol the aiuiioini's - f nf a man who bad oieialed a small nttifediotiai.v stole bark horn''. When be go' his til ; i a-s and binned bom", be fniilid Ins fJ'h r ill-law and imdher in law bad n.ovetl above th' stoic to l"lp I'm 'L '"" he was otdi'ied oat o! hi"- own sloie. The ; l-bli' l -Hi ' P'-i ll V the ( liatlge in statu -. and ask th.it allotments be 1,,-id up ai"! P.'". wlil I..- held with ,e.i ;iv. f Ull.g a ktiowli'duo "'" th' I'.uie.i'i !' Wat Kisk lustra !:. Nat'V- of Colarnl naming here, may halt go the olive .liab of An.'l iian for the horion bl.i" of "oi! native land, be tiroinoted to ofticei, and take coniu.aiid of lompani a'tive battle. I i,.nt n;int Iwaliow; k i. oi .- in f the being Major l'olish army which is now r-...d r:illeil to confer Willi Ceneral (ilenn lo-te. a.-rnti.pallietl l Charles I'crglrr. of the Cecbos!ov a k National Council. Wa it.gton, and Crofcsor leidiniU'l l'isecky, or Cleveland. The object or the VI dt was not disclosed, but Crofess.tr Cisetkv said an army whs being raised in Poland to join the allies. Marion Former Mate senator l-nnis K. Mvets. f this city, has an nounced be will be a candidate for Kcpubikau uunlsativc for coucrcts, 20 The German drive llm C-vvr- wti'lii-nvit - f Uic ocuatu niiuuu JT cW" Ku Klux Klans are Threatened if Congress Fails to En. act Chamberlain Bil. HV KOIJKUT li. SMITH Washington, April 20. Opposition of the most determined character made its appearance in Congress today against the Chamberlain bill declaring tho United States a part of the military zone and providing firing siiuads for Bplea and disloyalists. ,", Despite much Impatience In Congress over the government's inability to cope more successfully with, espionage and treason, prediction was made today that the Chamberlain bill would not pass. Member.' opposing it declared that it represents Prusslanlsm and that it VIck' lutes tho fundamental principles bt ' the constitution. '' ' Loyul Americans from both Minnesota n nd Wisconsin have warned Congress that unless more effective steps are taken by tho government to root out. disloyalty, Ku Klux Klaus will bo organized and that anarchy will ensue In aomo sections of the country where German propagandists are most active. Nevertheless, a canvass today showed that the majority of Congress Is still unwilling, to take the prosecution of espionage under dislovalty out of the hands of the department of Just- ie ami tr,tn:ier n 10 uie uuuuw, ollicial... othcialr, or the war department and navy department having charge ol Ihe work of running down spies and- traitors have endorsed the gon-cral principle of the Chamberlain bill. Tin y reel that their work cannot be brought up to the highest Manila rd of elliriciicy as long as tho military authorities are powerless to administer niiiek and summary just-in' to convicted Cciiiian agents. Tho piaclice'of admitting spies to ball, they declare, practically nullifies their work. Senator Ilorah. of Idaho, has taken the lead in announcing his opposition to Ibe measure, lie characterized it as unnecessary and unconstitutional, jintl bd it be known today ih at be would right it to the last ditch vv'lu ii it comes iiji in the Ken-ate as menacing the free institutions ol tbe I'nited Stales. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, the .sponsor of the measure, declared he would Use every imans to bring il to a vol..' in the Senaio. Ho believes that th" Ameri'.tn army iu Cranio cannot be adeumttoly prods Cd against, disloyally at homo without the measure. USED 230,000 MEN IN DRIVE I etalon. April o. Tho GBimaiu i:-r.i ':;n,noi men in l'n.rvnsuc-i"'-ful effort to capture Kenimel lioi imiii the ItritUn. :t wascstt-i-i.led IimIuv. The Teutons attacked in thick waves, but met with such determined resistance that they vera' thrown back with trenienuous lose everv tmi" they trieu to Morm tno i'.rii h poi ilions. Wr.Mlll U IS (OLPLU London. April .'tl- A storm of rant and Meet struck tho PTandM battlpfield "ti Friday and the weath-or has t'trneii much rrt r, rt. duslv road pr quickly turned lu t' f t t t -OIQ

Wooster Dail Republican OUR WISE SERVICE G1ts you today tn umt & that pprt la tomorrow sftralsf'i paptrt. The Weather Rain and warmer tonight and Sunday. VoL XXXI, No. 271 WOOSTEI, OHIO SATURD APR. 20, 1918. Price 2c. By Carrier 10c ft Wee i J TUII DRIVE CHECIED; ED H A BRITISH END BRIEF BATTLE LULL BY LAUNCHING SHARP ATTACKS IN GIVENCHY SECTOR; GET PRISONERS,; Indications Have Developed, However, That Teutons Will Soon Extend Flanders Battle to Northern End of Belgian Line. Tarls. April 20 The Germans 1 made a surprise attack against the French In the sector of Hansard during the night, but were driven off, leaving some prisoners, including one officer In the hands of the French the war office announced today. Havv artillery duels are taking place on the southern side of the Picardy salient betwen Lassigny and Njyon. French raids elsewhere a-lout; the front were successfully carried out. Many of these raids were nude by the French, especially in the sector east and Nortii east of Rhelms and Juvraln court and I ho lit Ights of t!vj Mouse. Several efforts of th f ncmy west of Mlnpel were repulsed. In the Woevre sector of Gorman? tried unsuccessfully 10 penetrate the French trenches. American troops are holding pari of th,"ertors tn the Heights of tho Miuse and on Woevre plain. Ivondon, April 20. llilllsh infantry broke the brief lull on the Flanders battle front la.st night by delivering a serie of successful attacks in the (lvenchy-Festubert sector which drove the Germans from Nome of their advanced positions, the war office reported today. (Givenchy is Immediately north of LaBaAsee canal, two miles wft of the town of LfUassee. Fostuliert Is about a mile north by west of (aiven-chy.)The fighting spread southward to th SrAre river zone where the Ilrlllsh were bUtceosful in minor enterprises.(ierman counter attacks were repulsed.(The Searpe river lies east of Arras.)The British liaes in the (Jltcnchj-Festubert district have beentorn-let-ly restored, the flermaos losing all the ground they hnd captured on April 18. A few Gefman prisoners were cop-tured south of the Hcarpe. A breathing space had settled down in both the Flanders and Fi-cardy battles on the western front. The German artillery bombardment on the Flanders front was centered north of Merville. near the tip of the Iij'S salient, where the Drltlsh positions were heavily shelled. The British artillery was active against troops and transports moving behind the German lines and severe damage was Inflicted. On the Picardy front the German guns bombarded heavily the French positions around Castel and Crives- nes. (It was In the Castel sector that the French made their big gains on Thursday, advancing to the edge of the village.) The German war office stated last night that the situation was unchanged and that the French had uot renewed their Infantry assaults. In the lull both sides have been busy consolidating their positions, regrouping their forces and moving their artillery to strategic positious nearer the front. Further indications have developed that the Flanders battle will be extended to the northern end of the Delgian line German Datrols have become active In that district and the Ger man war office claimed the capture of some Belgian prisoners in local nnemtions. All accounts received from the front today dwelt upon the staggering losses that the Germans have suffered in Ibe fightlnu all along the line. At some points the field was so full of corpses that the living men bad difficulty In getting vorcr the dead. The artillery and machine cun Are of the British has proved the most effective of the war.j Invariably, the German troops' have been sent forward in dense for mation, offering the Dest possiuie target to the British gunners. Throughout Friday, the weather on both the Picardy and Flanders battlefields has been very bad and posslblv has bad something to do with the cessation of infantry fighting.Thnre was a th cK fog which mam- obsenation bad. but the guns were L.nt .ninr aralnat rvelstered targets nlv few airmen were up as a rrui!t of the low visibility. Today, tic Slst ct tlie Ceriaaa of - fensive, and the 11th of the Flanders battle, found the German army close to complete exhaustion. The Teutons have been fought to a standstill at every point, but Gen. Foch still withholds his generalcounter-offensive, evidently waiting until the Germans are completely demoralized by the failure of their efforts. The allied forces are growing in strength daily and their morale is high. The spirit of confidence has been strengthened by the announcement that veteran Italian 'troops will soon bo upon the western front. The Germans have not yet exhausted their reserves. This Is shown by the fact that fresh troops are Identified in almost every action of any consequence. Just where the Germans will strike next is uncertain, but opinion I in military circles is that the blowj will fall either In the region east of Rethune or else in the sector of Kenimel ridge, in Belgium. (Kcmmel lies opposite the southern end of Messines ridge. I The German attacks are gradually losing their force and the second phase of the grand offensive is ending with the allies the strategic masters. WILSON'S HAND BADLY BURNED IN TRENCH TANK Washington. April 20. President Wilson's left hand was burnel to the bone when ho grasped a hot muffler pipe while riding in the llritish tank llrlttatiia yesterday, il was slated loday by his personal physician. Hear Admiral Carey T. Grayson. Dr. Grayson said no complications had developed and the injured member is doing as well as can he expected, but that it will be n inontl. before the pres:t!ont leguins the use of it. MUSTWINWAR FIRST- MARSHALL "No Man is Dead Who Gives Life For Great Cause," he Declares. Co'ninbtis. Apr 20 ' I am not Interested now in peace or terms of pcar: w must win tln war." declared Thomas I!. Marshall, vice president of the I'nited Slates iti n Liberty loan address here last night -- the only public address Hie vice president has made during the third Liberty loan campaign. "No man is dead who has given his life for creat cause" Mr. Marshall said. "When our boys are not present any more at roll call, the answer will bt that th"y are not dead but absent in th, discharge of duty". Speaking of the American forces, Mr, Marshall said: "No army on earth has ever ban the eare. supplies and attention tuat OITS has." Mayor George Karb. of Columbus, who presided at the Liberty loan meeting at which the bono- hag for Columbus was raised, this city bavin subscribed more than 2.".,000 over its criota. told the rolh.wjiig incident ff German butchery: ".n Indiana girl receive! a letter and hi watch from her soldier sweetheart who had been taken prisoner to- the Hun. The letter said he received splendid treatment, wa well fed and satisfied. Th'- watch vuu'd'i't run On examination a close'y written note was found in the ovk. It said the Huns bad ('ietated letter and made him snd It. that tliev had cm off his nose and (aru and that be expecud to die in c'few iliys." AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER, SEVERAL DIE Pbiladelnhia. April 20. S-vora' persons, including oik woman, a Itelioved hv the noliee to have been ml early today when . -Homo bile, going at a high rate of i-peed plunged through the ej., rt r'e of an open drawbridce. at Gr-.y's Ferry (roa4 Into the Schnyikiu nvcr. FALLING OH' lUUIKii: w.xsvi i;n(U an Falling off a bridge was not sufficient punishment so. 'Three Dollars and Costs,' was imposed upon Karl Kunty, charged with "endeavoring to carry too heavy a load of blues dispenser," by the Franklin police court judge. Luckily for Kuntz, who is a laborer, he hit shallow water when he fell from the .siftpen-sion bridge over the Miami river at Franklin. When picked up he was unable to walk Full use of his tongue was in evidence, however, when he was brought before the judge. GIVE PRESIDENT MORE AUTHORITY Chairman Hurley, of Shipping Board, Would Make Control Absolute. Washington, April 2n. ---President Wilson must have absolute power tit conscript the shipping resources of the Uuited Slates. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board, made this .statement in explanation of two sweeping amendments to the shipping act which the Senate commerce committee has before it for consideration today. Vnder existing laws there is no authority for the United States to requisition American ships In foreign ports. Chairman Hurley declared that up to the present time this caused no trouble because ship owners have been patriotic in their! desire to place their property at the disposal of the government. He states that additional power. la nec essary, However, tor me cxcupnuimi cases!" Penalty of a fine and im-nrisonment is proposed for those who violate u .requisition order. 'Another serious defect m the ex isting law is that in all protiatiiiiiv . it permits only the requisitioning the bare physical possession of of the "II shin." Chairman Hurley Mateo. does not authorize requisitioning the .,.., i,...u ,f (h sh'in owners organi- it Is rut mi mo crew, in pi.u wir almost necessary to no me. who. The legislation proposed does not. of course, coniempiaie wiim,...i of crews. It preserves the principle that civilian labor mu: t be military labor." LOCKS AND CANDY ARE LACKING AT THE FRONT With the Ameilcan Army in France, April 20.- mere is a i..m- na-of both clocVs and candy at up front and American and I' rencn so, dirn would appreciate Homi as clfts The candy' shortage Is chronic m th- American sectors. ions are periodical received at Hi" " teens, but arc invariably gobbled up m loss than two days. asmu-hocolates and lemon drops are the most popular varieties. BLIND GIRL LEADS MANY TOTS TO SAFETY New York. April 2' Vw.l.eie-I by smoke from a lire winm hi the base lit of the lllind ISaby' .Sunshine home in l.'of.Mvn. rly today. Kosa Cohen, nin ' herself blind, led fill : -a year .oh', sightless tots to safety. The ranging between five blind gtris. ri 11(1 twelve years of age, wei e ;r.i keued an i led from the buildinn bef.ire ;itfeiid nuts knew of the fire SAYS KAISER S BADLY FOILED S-iuantiim. Mhss . April 20 'The IMC'-ltest d'sappointment of tb" k.li-cr in Lcrlin has not been In the f i or,. , f the l'-boat Aarlare to Hi;nr l',f r.llie. but in III" fKllinp d'H,: i,f th well fd;-nned nrn!i;r-:i n i I' fauient a social revolution in Anierl-.... moo ntary ot tbe Navy H.ui-bds in an address today after visit-irg tbe big ship vnrd here nliTi-tl.e ""vern"int . tbronsh the (nirae l-tion of the Kore Jtiver Shipbuilding Company, is oiistnictin the largest plant In th" world for biubj-In? destroyers. Hamilton Tn" Cutler -ounty fa'r bc.'ard has announced all prcm-ltini at this year's xhihitlon. will b paid ia war savings aud thrift t 7 -ITALIAN LII SEESFIGHllNG started Again London." April 'JO, J - as the announcement was made; tiiat Italian troops would bo sent to j(he western front, lighting activity N'gan to increase on the Italian fn fit. Advices from Komerttjday staled tint there were patrol fci punters in the Asii'go basin and on ihe height. around the siago plate it. hritish detachment tl it arc operating with the Italians, 1 jllicted considerable losses upoUt':jiAustr-o-llungarians. ; I Klsewhcre along the I Jio artillery duels siiraag up. i The Austrian war office described ihe tighting on the Italiin front us "lively." IAD KILLS ANOTII WHO TOOK ! R ARBLES .Jersey City, N. J. Apr! 211. "He slide two marbles from lie so I shot, and killed him," saiOijpe-yeur-nhl Frank Muchelowski todfy in explaining to the police tho murder of four-year-old Edward Cl ro.dii. POLES STILL IN THE WAR I ) END They are Fighting, German Poland, Teutons. JEven in - Against Washington, April 20 i-The l'oles are still waging bitter ar against Mm Germans. Not only I the fighting contlniunsJaJul,lIu.tlje occupied portion of Poland, but Is going on even wihtin German Po land according to olliclal advices of lie Polish in formation bureau from Laussiiiie ami from other centers Today's advices show anti-German demonstrations are taking place jn I'o'Oi, chief eity of German 1'olnad and that they lire Increasing in force and vi'or not only in that city but 'elsewhere through out the country. Weslervillc Kov Ibe tenth time Louis W. Watson has been elcied superintendent of the Wes(ervill' ,'CilOOls. " L'a,st Liverpool A. Jay Miller, liCiii-ii'iit.nne attorney, lias anneiuic-ed he will be n candidate for repub lican nomination for attorney gen eral of Ohio. JUST KILLED TWELVE BOCHES, HE EXPLAINS Mam. Held. O., Apiil 2 it.--" J w t killed twelve Codies,' wa;i the reph from a I'.iitish 'roinniy, when asked bow he cot Ihe (lei man helmet which be bronchi iul" camp," wrote Corporal 10. 10. M.i 'a, from "Some where in 1'ianee," in a leler jus' received by Fred W. Nein, of Illicit v. "Wo wauled to know why be killed that number," ooni iuued -Coi poral Massa. " 'Well.' he answered. 'I couldn't lilld one Ibat lit." "I have seen No Man's Land and it is-a noor and unhealthy place to be, but we t just th sa uie, Ml- said. "You know a tanthow spreads ai! over. Well, that's u -' i'i name and in reality tCorpoial M.tssa Is a mem b"i of tbe Itninbovv d'.vision.i The Crendi say their gre..t-t trouble v holding us back, lielievn me, old l-'iit:; makes thing- ii.;ipv once in a while with his Nellies.' It's wickeu stuff and be ddigbts m insisting iii on her introdiir lion I sold (tut ino.e than one and hi'f ' d for a d ii. out. especially when the pieces slatted dropping all aioind "And then about 2 a "u,. wh'n a sentry slides in voiir dugout ami in forms you of good ne-vs -. to put oil your false fate- iras masks - thai old C.ill is diluting the air; that's line business. "1 saw some lively air battles be twern the French and Hoche. The weather over hen- L great." NEWARK GOES OVER IN LIBERTY BOND SALES Newark. ().. April 25. Newark cud Lbking county went "over th' t.jp on Iblerty bond Rai"n with alout $S.Ort tn spit abov the f.'inta of $977, .". 'f !i . amount re-M)rt'd was $ 1 .2 l.M'i, with fevtr-al to-'Ufeh!pt. to Utar troai. GHASTLY MURDERS DONE I BY MOTHER OF FOUR St Louis, Mo, Apt. 2d -Lindini,' or four small children with pieces of i clothesline and st lifting their mouths with cotton, Mrs. Catherine Finley of this city, killed two of them and -criously wounded the other tw.i and th'Oi made an unsuccessful at-I tempi in strangle herself. Sin used heV a butcbei knife and hatchet in ubastly work, .hacking the children's brails with the weapon. The trau-l edv was discover 'd when her hUK - band returned home from work. HALF OF THIRD LIBERTY LOAN IS SUBSCRIBED Washington, 'April 20 Practically half of the. minimum Uol:i of the third Liberty loan has been hiiIi-scidbed according to the official to-t; Is made public by the treasury department today. The amounts secured bv the initial payment of 5 per cent is $1,238,098,950. In ad-ditien to iliiij amount several mil-li:m:: hi pledges have notbecn.-n.-cliuled in the totals SAYS itm;i I (lit A I- STARTS LOVi: I II I ; OTIILK WOMAN Cincinnati. O., April 2u. That a funeral was the starting point tor love with "the oilier woman" is the claim set up by Mrs. Laura Weaver, of this city, in support of her re-(iie.d that the court legally separate her from her husband, Chester Weaver, a railroad inspector. It was during this particular funeral that Weaver became Infatuated with a Covington,- Ky., woman, according to Mrs. Weaver, The Weavers were divorced once, but remarried, she said. NEW DRIVE STARTED " UPON DISLOYALISTS Cbic'ifo. April 2" Another drive on di .'oy ilists in the middle West, resulted m the following gains for the loyalists today: ,M Celiinsville, Okla., Henry 1,'lu l'iier i;: going to be given a trial bv tbe county council of defense toil, iv on charges of didnvalty. Last iiit:hl a mob of men handed lihcimcr, but he was cut down mi pbsis of the poli'-e. I f h 1 1 j i r was unconscious. lierause he said lie wanted to war In end in ;i di ivv ami lhcrcoro reined to buy l.lbeily bonds, Theodore I'ape, of (luiney, 111., a leading attorney, was accusi d of ili' loyally - , ui' nd' red to the police. II" was haino'd in eth'.'v. t lincolti, Neb, the dismissal of Ittn a!l,i;'cl dl'.-loyal plofisrol's l:i i. -iiMi'ded nl the board ol rvv.i nts of Ibe UIOV I "i'.v of ".'e,ra-ka by the rial.- eoiilu-ll d d'-l'-p- e. 1 1 del I in n lh" pndi ; ot;; v,( li toil"' d. II n-not MAY CARRY SOLDIERS AT VERY LOW FARES v. 1 1 1 . l " 1 1 , pi 1 1 would I .:i .h-i- a t'ii'1 I ran pui ted t e , and 1 1 ee, hi the t ,i e of 1 "k II": ; ,il bnlue, i f V. it ll ii mi' t a bill int rod u d la Ihi- afternoon by ll'iue-I jiu t s'iu of i b i I ' 'id l ie I hi- CARRANZA IS URGED TO JOIN THE ENTENTE fsm Antonio, Texas, April 2o - A ; -1 .1 I'.l Cr-sl'b-i.l ,.h lulu-' il Willi te-- ill to'''iv in I'll ai I h I" : . M' Mi'it a ll'w- pa per, idi-i'i'l aio'ig '!i b'-t li lt t .in a li"-. I.'. felb-t I - a t in i 1 lit I. .V'-.V'o is l.i'ing a tiagb' motiietit condonini; (ierman pt'opag-tnda II.- HI 'v iit some acii'in Is not mi-ly taken, war Hli America nil and MtXi'o will become m d.ai ulll atn'M'cr marlyrtd llelKiuie, t lit. v as it is understood in II- xi:o no ens 'pi o-Oermatii in ' "In event of war Meviio hs noth-i'ic to expect from Leriiu it y, but aiiriHiiciit wi'h Am1 ria will niean t.ioiicy. aims, mnnitjons, adive co-opcr.iLon of th" I'nited Staf s and night be the difference between M'xoo's solvation hihI lor destruction " l-l Defrnsa is puitlished by T. II Imltrati,' until recently consulg-oi-eral hero for the Carratuagovernment, SENATE COMMITTEE IS VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED AFTER CONFERENCE HELD WITH WAR COUNCIL TODAY Washington, April has been effectually stopped, and the tide of the greatest battle in the history of the world has il - vnrm inemwl ivn-w-il--iin:i rtf LU IUI llu' vi. lairs committee declared this atternoon, alter their weekly conference with the war council. Members of the committee manifested a feeling of vast encouragement this afternoon over the whole war situation. Their attitude was in great contrast with that of last week, when they returned from their conference with the war council, greatly depressed. ....... ....... , i.-n.i".a"imJLiirmnnAA "FIRING SQUAD FOR SPIES" BILL HAS HARD PATH AHEAD IN SENATE "WE'LL KNOCK 'EM OUT" IS LUDENDORFF BOAST London, April 20. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily lOxpress tells of a recent, trip the kaiser made to the western front with Von llln-denburg and Von l,ude.inlorff in the course of which the latter exclaimed:"Wo nhnll knock them out." The story is based upon an uccount telegraphed by Karl ltosner, a German war correspondent, to the Lokal An-zolgor. " ' - - IRISH OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION London, April 20. At a conference of certain Irish leaders in Dublin, it was decided to make a general protest against. Irish conscript ion, said it dispatch from that city loday. Lord Mavor O'Neill, of Dublin, was chosen to go to Washington and present a copy of the Iri. h leaders' case again:;! Ilomi rule to Preside;"! Wit-sou. There will be another meeting on Tuesdav, the dispatch added. IF WIVES FO'RGET THEM PAYMENT IS TO STOP I'.V r. II. Camp Sherman. Soldiers who: e v.wi when they go to wa Ulllli (l., April forget them I will he able to w ) l i, top pavimiit ol men It with I ill lint d"l is Hi d by vnluiilaiv allot l i d l.i n , uiiib'i a n div rsion beadiuar- tors. The nrd'-r wa-; I In I " u it of ai l i v i w ho man icd $ I a month I nf lil'e illg VV oil 1 11 t he soldiel s just to get f I out Ihelil i ml anot her I " or ? . I ! nm their in th the I in e Sam. and then till tied lllelilioll to oilier lllell. Hot diafl. I'nder II bl nil': . li t nt didn't rlop until a ili-Mis i eeuii ll. and the soldiel s have the time or money to vol ce didn't a legal separation I Which l aloe to the at n r idti ol the aiuiioini's - f nf a man who bad oieialed a small nttifediotiai.v stole bark horn''. When be go' his til ; i a-s and binned bom", be fniilid Ins fJ'h r ill-law and imdher in law bad n.ovetl above th' stoic to l"lp I'm 'L '"" he was otdi'ied oat o! hi"- own sloie. The ; l-bli' l -Hi ' P'-i ll V the ( liatlge in statu -. and ask th.it allotments be 1,,-id up ai"! P.'". wlil I..- held with ,e.i ;iv. f Ull.g a ktiowli'duo "'" th' I'.uie.i'i !' Wat Kisk lustra !:. Nat'V- of Colarnl naming here, may halt go the olive .liab of An.'l iian for the horion bl.i" of "oi! native land, be tiroinoted to ofticei, and take coniu.aiid of lompani a'tive battle. I i,.nt n;int Iwaliow; k i. oi .- in f the being Major l'olish army which is now r-...d r:illeil to confer Willi Ceneral (ilenn lo-te. a.-rnti.pallietl l Charles I'crglrr. of the Cecbos!ov a k National Council. Wa it.gton, and Crofcsor leidiniU'l l'isecky, or Cleveland. The object or the VI dt was not disclosed, but Crofess.tr Cisetkv said an army whs being raised in Poland to join the allies. Marion Former Mate senator l-nnis K. Mvets. f this city, has an nounced be will be a candidate for Kcpubikau uunlsativc for coucrcts, 20 The German drive llm C-vvr- wti'lii-nvit - f Uic ocuatu niiuuu JT cW" Ku Klux Klans are Threatened if Congress Fails to En. act Chamberlain Bil. HV KOIJKUT li. SMITH Washington, April 20. Opposition of the most determined character made its appearance in Congress today against the Chamberlain bill declaring tho United States a part of the military zone and providing firing siiuads for Bplea and disloyalists. ,", Despite much Impatience In Congress over the government's inability to cope more successfully with, espionage and treason, prediction was made today that the Chamberlain bill would not pass. Member.' opposing it declared that it represents Prusslanlsm and that it VIck' lutes tho fundamental principles bt ' the constitution. '' ' Loyul Americans from both Minnesota n nd Wisconsin have warned Congress that unless more effective steps are taken by tho government to root out. disloyalty, Ku Klux Klaus will bo organized and that anarchy will ensue In aomo sections of the country where German propagandists are most active. Nevertheless, a canvass today showed that the majority of Congress Is still unwilling, to take the prosecution of espionage under dislovalty out of the hands of the department of Just- ie ami tr,tn:ier n 10 uie uuuuw, ollicial... othcialr, or the war department and navy department having charge ol Ihe work of running down spies and- traitors have endorsed the gon-cral principle of the Chamberlain bill. Tin y reel that their work cannot be brought up to the highest Manila rd of elliriciicy as long as tho military authorities are powerless to administer niiiek and summary just-in' to convicted Cciiiian agents. Tho piaclice'of admitting spies to ball, they declare, practically nullifies their work. Senator Ilorah. of Idaho, has taken the lead in announcing his opposition to Ibe measure, lie characterized it as unnecessary and unconstitutional, jintl bd it be known today ih at be would right it to the last ditch vv'lu ii it comes iiji in the Ken-ate as menacing the free institutions ol tbe I'nited Stales. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, the .sponsor of the measure, declared he would Use every imans to bring il to a vol..' in the Senaio. Ho believes that th" Ameri'.tn army iu Cranio cannot be adeumttoly prods Cd against, disloyally at homo without the measure. USED 230,000 MEN IN DRIVE I etalon. April o. Tho GBimaiu i:-r.i ':;n,noi men in l'n.rvnsuc-i"'-ful effort to capture Kenimel lioi imiii the ItritUn. :t wascstt-i-i.led IimIuv. The Teutons attacked in thick waves, but met with such determined resistance that they vera' thrown back with trenienuous lose everv tmi" they trieu to Morm tno i'.rii h poi ilions. Wr.Mlll U IS (OLPLU London. April .'tl- A storm of rant and Meet struck tho PTandM battlpfield "ti Friday and the weath-or has t'trneii much rrt r, rt. duslv road pr quickly turned lu t' f t t t -OIQ